Women's Basketball vs. Michigan State Today, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily SPORTS Friday, January 22, 1988 Men's and Women's Gymnastics vs. Illinois Tomorrow, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena Page 9 I IGolden Words G 9 M press shuts down Badgers BY GREG MOLZON Difficult week reveals cracks in Blue armor Following Monday's loss at Ohio State and last night's lackluster 65-54 victory over Wisconsin, there are suddenly some question marks regarding the Wolverines. Nothing too catastrophic, but the Wolverines don't look quite as invincible as they did a week ago. Here are some thoughts and com- ments on the team's present state and last night's game. -It appears that Michigan has become the Big Two and Little Three. As Gary Grant and Glen Rice go, so go the Wolverines. Against Ohio State, the two struggled, combined for only 27 points, and the Wolverines lost. Last night, Rice scored 22 of the 39 first-half Wolverine points, and he and Grant scored 43 of Michigan's 65-point total. The two All-American candidates are also bound to be slowed down as the season wears on. They are playing a lot of minutes (they sat out a combined four minutes last night) and will face some tough defensive players as the Wolverines move into the tougher part of the conference schedule in the next three weeks. If head coach Bill Frieder doesn't find more offensive help for these two in the near future, the Wolverines will find it difficult to beat the Big Ten's best teams. -The loss of Sean "Trigger" Higgins is especially hurting in this area because Higgins was the one dependable reserve who could be counted on to score. Higgins' excellent outside shooting practically guaranteed that he would throw in 10 or more points per game. Higgins' loss to academic eligibility has dealt a major blow to the Wolverines' offensive capabilities, versatality, depth, and thus, their chances of winning the Big Ten. -Where, oh where has Terry Mills gone? The sophomore connected on only one of eight shots last night for two points and seemed to disappear from the action for large amounts of time. Playing in only his first season of college actior!, Frieder had warned everyone that Mills would be inconsistent, but this is getting hard to believe. At times, he has looked to be all-world such as the Miami, Fla., game and the sccmnd half 'N ''VJ an State contest. At others, Mills has been nonexistent. None of those times have been worse than against Wisconsin. Besides the two point the 6-10 forward missed two free throws, had four turnovers, and one rebound. -Mills did inadvertently provide the highlight of last night's game, though, when he was called for an intentional foul on the Badgers' Darin Schubring. Schubring was awarded two free throws and wasn't close on either. After his first free throw banged off the backboard, a Wisconsin sportswriter commented that the shot was pretty close compared to most of the 6-10 center's free throws. Most of the other writers thought that was impossible. Schubring then shot an air ball on the second attempt. That writer knew what he was talking about. -At the beginning of this season, Wisconsin coach Steve Yoder had said that his team was "on a mission", like no other team in the conference, to reach the top division of the Big Ten. While the Bad- gers are definitely improved and looking at a promising future, this year it appears to be "mission impossible" for Wisconsin. By JEFF RUSH Michigan was pressing against Ohio State Monday. Pressing, as in choking, as in losing. Last night, however, Michigan's pressing was too much for the Wis- consin Badgers to handle. The Wolverines' full-court pressure turned a four-point, first-half deficit into a 15-point lead at the end of the half, and Michigan then staved off a Badger comeback for a 65-54 victory before 13,609 at Crisler Arena. "The key to the game was the press in the first half. It got us the lead," said Michigan head coach Bill Frieder. That lead became smaller and smaller in the second half, but the Badgers never could get within six. points. Missed free throws (the Bad- gers went five of 14 from the line) made the loss even harder to bear. The Badgers' last chance to push Michigan's lead below six came with just over a minute left. Michi- gan had run off almost all 45 sec- onds of the shot clock, and Rumeal Robinson launched an off-balance desperation shot. The shot fell short, but Robinson was fouled by Wisconsin's Darin Schubring. "That was a big mistake on his part," said Wisconsin coach Steve Yoder. "That helped," said Frieder. "I told (the players) we were going to take 45 seconds (off the clock) no matter what." No points for Michigan, but no harm done. The shot clock was reset to 45 seconds, and all the Wolver- ines had to do was shoot foul shots the rest of the way. Glen Rice again played spectacu- larly for the home crowd, scoring 3C on 14-of-23 shooting. Rice also grabbed 13 rebounds. "I don't think Glen Rice has ever had a bad game against us," said Yoder. "Rice kept us in the game," said Frieder. However, Gary Grant refused to hand over his self-appointed No. 1- player-in-America title to Rice. "Everybody can't be first," said the smiling Grant. Grant, for his part, added 13 points and six assists, and Loy Vaught scored 10. Danny Jones led Wisconsin with 16 points, and his look-alike, Patrick Thompkins, came off the bench to score 12. Terry Mills had an off night for the Wolverines, and sat out the deci- sive final five minutes of the game. He made only one of eight shots from the floor and grabbed only one rebound in 22 minutes of play. And Rumeal Robinson scored just six after a personal high of 19 on Monday. . "Mills and Robinson just don't know what it is yet," said Frieder. "It's a battle out there, and you have to get in shape." Wisconsin jumped out to a 10-6 first-half lead on the strength of Trent Jackson's shooting. Jackson, who went into the game averaging 19, ended the game with only nine points on four-of-14 shooting. Michigan was able to turn a 15- 14 lead into a 30-16 lead using their Grant-led press. Grant had four steals in the first-half before Wisconsin figured out how to break the press. Michigan didn't press for the most part in the second half. Rice who scored 22 first-half IU next on Blue slate The Wolverines head down to Bloomington for a showdown with defending national champion Indiana. The game will be played Sunday at Assembly Hall (2 p.m. ABC-TV), where the Hoosiers have won 29 straight. But Indiana (9-5) has struggled lately, dropping three of its first four Big Ten games, including losses to Northwestern and Mich- igan State. The Hoosiers lone conference victory was a two-point win over Wisconsin. "We weren't able to get enough people playing well and playing with the right purpose all at the same time," said head coach Bob Knight after the overtime loss at Michigan State. Despite its difficulties, Indiana will have the advantage of a full week of rest since losing to MSU. Center Dean Garrett leads the Hoosiers in scoring with a 15.2 average. -SCOTT SHAFFER points, was able to stretch the lead to 37-20 with a layup off an offen- sive rebound. Steve Stoyko, who entered with 2:07 left in the half, then answered a Wisconsin basket to keep the lead at 17. Until Stoyko's points, only Rice, Grant, and Vaught had scored for the Wolverines. The halftime score was 39-24 Michigan. 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